The Family Brood: What Do You Think Of

Overheard in Our House

"I might hafta pull my pants down, Daddy." "Why's that, son?" "Because we're in a restaurant."
"Daddy need more beer?"
"No, Mama! Leave my boogers alone!
"Oh, yeah -- Parents! That's another really funny movie about cannibals!"
"New rule: Anything you stick up your nose cannot then be put in your mouth."
"I wanna see Mama spit!"
"Please don't pick your nose while you're nursing." (Ahem: This was said to the baby.)
"I want you to ridicule me every day till I'm 20 pounds lighter. Okay?"
"Cool! A piece of dried snot just blew out of that thing."
"Please don't wipe your nose with your bread."

A Little Management Advice for Working Families

Talk with your partner about your deeply-held beliefs about money. Then laugh at each others.
Make time every week for the whole family, the kids, the marriage and the self. And video baseball. Duh.
Make financial management a team sport. Preferably a contact one. With helmets and illegal betting and drunk fans in the bleachers.
Keep your friends. In a human-sized safe, if you have to.
Hold regular Family Financial Retreats to review spending, plan savings and talk frankly about money.
Eat dinner together as a family every night, even if it means you each eat in a separate room.